Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Romania
Romania: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.3 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Romania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.3 LSU/ha for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Romania peaked at 0.77 LSU/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.3 LSU/ha, in 2023.
Romania ranks 141st of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Romania, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.41 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.4 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.45 LSU/ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 0.54 LSU/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.58 LSU/ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 0.62 LSU/ha | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 0.63 LSU/ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.66 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 0.67 LSU/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.67 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.67 LSU/ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 0.64 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 0.57 LSU/ha | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 0.5 LSU/ha | -12.3% |
| 1994 | 0.49 LSU/ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.43 LSU/ha | -12.2% |
| 1996 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.37 LSU/ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.34 LSU/ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 0.33 LSU/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 0.34 LSU/ha | -10.5% |
| 2012 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.33 LSU/ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 0.31 LSU/ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 0.32 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.31 LSU/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3 LSU/ha | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4289 LSU/ha | 0.4 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.542 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 0.62 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.706 LSU/ha | 0.63 LSU/ha | 0.77 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.498 LSU/ha | 0.4 LSU/ha | 0.67 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 0.42 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.342 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.315 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Romania?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Romania was 0.3 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.77 LSU/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 LSU/ha in 2023.
- How does Romania rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Romania ranks 141st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.